Champions Trophy final awarded to Oval

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THE Oval will be the venue for the final of next year’s Champions Trophy, the ICC competition being staged in England for the first time in September. The Rose Bowl in Southampton, which staged its first international last season, and Edgbaston have won the right to the other matches. Lord’s and Trent Bridge, whose owners had also expressed an interest, will be compensated by the award of one-day internationals earlier in the season.

The three grounds chosen will each stage five matches in a televised tournament between the ten Test nations, plus Kenya and the winner of the ICC trophy